How to Add a Hyperlink in Google Forms

Adding hyperlinks to your Google form is an easy way to reference any source or provide additional information. It’s only possible to add hyperlinks to the following:

  • Title of the form
  • The description under the title
  • Questions

Add hyperlinks to the form title

  1. Click on the title. Then, click on the insert link icon.

    Link icon under title
    Click on insert link.

  2. Select the “Text to display” and paste the URL of the webpage you want to link to.

    Text to display
    Add the title and paste the link in this section.

  3. Click OK. The link will be inserted into the text – it will turn blue.

    Link Added
    The blue color indicates that the link has been inserted.

Add hyperlinks to the form description

  1. Click on the description area of the form and add a description.
  2. Select the text to which you want to add a hyperlink and click on the insert link icon.

    Link in description
    Select the text and click the link icon.

  3. Copy the URL of the webpage and paste it under the “Link to” option. Then, click OK. Your text will turn blue when the link is added.

    Description Link
    Paste the link and press OK.

Adding a hyperlink to questions

  1. Click on the question area of the form. Next, select the text to which you want to add a hyperlink.
  2. Below the question, click the insert link icon to add a hyperlink to the selected text.

    Add link to the question
    Click the insert link icon to add a link to the selected text.

  3. Copy the URL of the webpage you want to link to and paste it under “Link to.” Press OK, and your link will be added.

    Link question
    Paste the link here.

Liam is a marketing specialist at StartMarketing.net. Based in Dublin, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2020 with a degree in Computer Science (Intelligent Systems). He has since 2021 worked for Google as a Sales and Marketing specialist, within their Dublin headquarters. Liam has over 4 years of experience in e-commerce sales, digital marketing and branding.

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